Watering cans wash off the soap after this. A combination of a hairdryer and moving plushies dry them off. The machine finally lets you go free, and your hands will look squeaky clean.

A Rube Goldberg machine is an elaborate and deliberately over-complicated device designed to perform a simple task through a series of intricate, chain-reaction steps. These machines are named ...

A real Rube Goldberg Machine might only be run once before it’s dismantled, as it takes a great deal of effort to set it up and tune it for a successful run. That’s the magic of it: In building the ...

It boggles the mind, until you get to the end and realize that magnets and optical illusions play a big part in why this Rube Goldberg video is all kinds of awesome. [2D House via Neatorama] ...

Rube Goldberg’s Greatest Machine Is His Legacy Decades after Mr. Goldberg, a cartoonist, died, artists and engineers have found creative inspiration in his outlandish inventions.

Culture A Rube Goldberg machine comes to life — literally — in a new dance piece Choreographer Jody Oberfelder’s latest theatrical movement-based work, ‘Rube G. — the Consequence of ...

ANDERSON — The Anderson High School Rube Goldberg Machine Club won third place last weekend at the Rube Goldberg Machine World Championship at Purdue University. The team of nine students also ...